Die for tying intersecting wires.



PATENTED JAN. 1'7, 1905.,

D. H. HAYES.

DIE FOR TYING INTERSEOTING WIRE APPLIOATION FILED APR. 4, 1904,

' ire rains Patented January 17, 1905.,

PATENT OFFICE.

DIIE FOR TYING lNTEFiSECTING WIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,103, dated January17, 1905.

Application filed April 1,1904. seen No. 201,374.

To a, 11/71/0111 212; may concern:

Be it'known that I, DENNIS H. HAYES, citizen of the United States,residing at Adrian, in the county of Lenawee, State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Dies for Tyingintersecting \Vires; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to dies for tying interseeting wires, designedmore expressly to be employed in the manufacture of wire fencing; and itconsists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fullyset forth, and pointed out particularly in the claim.

The object of the invention is to provide means for uniting thecross-wires of a wirefencing or fabric in a manner to securely join saidwires and at the same time so shape the tiewire and so dispose of theends thereof as to lock the tie in position and prevent said ends fromunduly protruding.

The above object is attained by the structure illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of theworking face of one of said dies. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of theworking face of the other of said dies. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionthrough the dies in working relation with the crosswires between themand the tie driven into place to unite said wires as on line 3 3 of Fig.5. Fig. 4 is a similar section as on line 1 4 of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is alongitudinal section as on line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a perspectiveview of the knot or tie formed by the dies.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the die shown in Fig.

1. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the die shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to the characters of reference, 1 designates one of the diesemployed to form said tie, in the working face of which are thecross-channels 2 and 3, channel 2 being longitudinal of the die toreceive the longitudinal fence-wire and channel 3 being transverse toreceive the stay or vertical wire. Formed at the geometric center of thedie is an inclined recess 4, which terminates at one end in concavedbranches 5 and 6, respectively, which cross the transverse channel 3below the plane thereof on opposite sides of the longitudinal channel 2and whoseterminals curve inwardly toward said channel.

Die 2, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 8, is provided with an inclined way7, opening through one end thereof, affording an entrance for theintroduction of the tie in the form of a staple and for the followingplunger, (not shown,) which drives said staple into the dies to form theknot or tie. (Shown in Fig. 6.) In thefacc of die 2 is the transversechannel 8, which registers with channel 3 in die 1 when the workingfaces of the dies are brought together. Also formed in the face of die 2is a longitudinal channel 9, intersecting channel 8 and register ingwith channel 2 in die 1. Crossing the longitudinal channel 9, below theplane thereof, between the transverse channel 8 and the end of the dieare the curved and approximately parallel channels 10 and 11, channel 10curving sharply inwardly near one end, as at 12, and crossing channel 11below the plane thereof, its end terminating at the junction of thechannels 8 and 9. Channel 11 lies within the area of channel 10 andterminates at the transverse channel 8 on the opposite side of ehannel 9to that of the terminal of channel 10.

hen the dies are brought together upon the crossed strands, of which 13indicates the longitudinal wire and 1 1 the transverse or stay wire,they are crimped at their point of crossing and the end of branch 6 indie 1 is caused to register with the initial end of the curved branch 11in die 2, while the end of curved branch 5 is caused to register withthe initial end of the curved branch 10, so that when the staple ofwhich the tie 15 is formed is driven into said dies one leg, 16, of saidstaple will be directed under the cross-wire 14 and over thelongitudinal wire 13, the curved end 17 thereof terminating against oradjacent said cross-wire, while the leg 18 of the staple will bedirected under said cross-wire and over the longitudinal wire moreremote from the cross-wire than the curved end of the leg 16, theterminal of said leg 18 being directed across and above the leg 16 andterminating in the angle at the junction of the cross-Wires. as shown at19 in Fig. 6, whereby the cross-wires are lirrnly united and the knot ortie is securely fixed in place thereon. After the tie has been formedthe dies are separated to allow the joined strands to pass therefrom. c

Having thus fully set forth my invention, WhatI claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

Dies for tying intersecting wires having registering channels in theiropposed faces which cross at right angles and receive said Wires, onedie having in its face an inclined recess provided with concavedbranches cross-

